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Sf. If. nil.’i Leit- r of Ae?incl.
The county convention ot Troup county was
held on Sntnrday last, and nominated tothe Htate
Convention Hon. B. U. Hill, I)r. \V. P. Beaslit
And Col. James M. Beajll. We subjoin Mr. Hill s
letter of acceptance :
L\GraNGE, Gl, Dec. 26, 1860.
Gentiemeo : Vonr letter, informing me tbat I
have been unanimously nominated as a delegate
to the approaching Convention, has been receiv
ed. I accept the nomination, because I do not
thir ►. such a positiou ought now to be sought or
You ask for r.ir particular views on pending
issues. These I have hitherto fully given. I see
no reason to change or modify the views express
ed to the people of Troup county on the 2i*tb <iay
of November last.
A more important criri* was never upon any
p< ople. We Os the South can bring thin crisis to
on end, j. M :n we wi*u ; tnu we con reach that
end m blond or peace, as our or our pru
d of < siiav direct t'ome wbat may, we should
ir .er be ‘content with any patchwork. Slavery
musl never be the bobby of the political
demagogue, i greatly deplore so much feeling
audio-patience With so many of our people. We
nc , i all 1!.<• wisdom and cool firmneaa of all our
peopl'd We are in danger cow from nothing but
ourttka. No man is a fit counsellor no* who
aHaume.v that slavery can be abolish'd by any party
or ai*/ power. This is a concession to the efforts
avi dream* of fanaticism without any foundation
in f t. Os all people in this nation, the slate is
this day far the happiest; ar.d ot all property,
. -by far the safest. The Union, the Coo
t.tuU /!*, g od g*verntnent and the peace of the
con l try, ur in danger from the passions, the fa
and ambition of the white race only.
But ... • t■ i.. - v be the cause, a crisis is upon
u■, and iv e imi:-.meet it.
it is an h'.ur when every man should be all
, . . .and fir&mehtp without petulance or rash
i,n a in word or action. Every Southern man
should remember that every other Southern man
,i as much interested as himself; and every
- miiieru State should remember that every other
S •utherii State must be, more or fesi*. involved
by her act on. Each is, therefore, bound by even’
consideration of ordinary respect and good feel
ing to ‘jf tr a consultation and an interchange of
views before final action.
lias South Carolina done this ? Does her bast?
action become ibo dignity of the occasion and the
importance of the issue / Bather, has she not
a >*d with abrupt discourtesy to the claims,
wishes and mo cement* of ner sister slaveholding
States? I trust she will yet be more deliberate,
a,, i r',>r,muni- iti>:t tnan her proceedings would at
brat. v,<;r indicate. South Carolina is not acting
toward* her sister States in TV> ), as she did act
her sister colonies in 1776. Perhaps her
people are more chivalrous and patriotic ! lu
the run it* of Calhoun, South Carolina is doing
what Calhoun, to the day of his death, never in
tended, desired or counselled.
It may ‘ , her present statesmen arc wiser, and
understood Calhoun better than Calhoun under-
stood himself! She, doubtless, expect* the sym
pathy and assistance of her sister Southern States;
and these States, equally, expected from her con
: ultation, and, at least, advisory co-operation. *
TUt ; have been disappointed ; she may not be. At j
any rat**, I hope Georgia, in her own sensible j
wav of doing things, will return good for evil, and j
act in iv > rit of retaliatory oetuinnee. At the !
same time, Georgia will not bo dragooned by
either or foes. Georgia will prefer discre
tt ,-i to ha He and wisdom to impetuosity, i be
h v'c :> e will be courteous to al! her winter States
of the South, and week to combine tin* wisdom of
at lea :n many us will act with her. She will
not b coer •and to stay in the Union, nor to be
hurried out before the proper time.
Ther*-are numberless rumors and telegraphic
reports Gooding the country. We know not how
much to belie • . Our people must bo self-pos
m v-m and and deliberate, or they will be misled.—
One n :f a i. established: there arc too many;
dema. .gi:*>.s and too few statesmen at Washing
ton. By the papers of this morning lam con
fn.i■ lin what I have before suspected : that cor
* tain great men, so called, are playing tricks in
.his awful crisis, to excite the people ! Oh, my
country!
The dissolution of this Union may be a neces
sity. If go, after being fully satisfied of that fact,
let us decree that dissolution. But I must be al
lowi and to m . ihat I cannot regard such an event
•i an occasion for rejoicing. The sum of Nero’s
i igriu tute iarecorded in the fact that he “fiddled
while Borne was burning.” I do not liken our
people to Kero. Far from it. But is it not strange
that w<* should fire cannons, illumine cities, raise
bonfires, and make noisy the still hours of night
with shouts, over the destruction of a government
infinitely greater than Borne ever was !
Unless our grievances are fully redressed, and
we can have satisfactory guarantees that they
will not be repented, I will aid in the necessity of
disunion. But I shall dissolve this Union as I
would bury a benefactor—in sorrow of heart.—
For, after ull, the Union is not the author of our
grtevßU :es. Bad extreme men, in both sections,
insult each other and then both fight the Union
which u . ver harmed <sr insulted either! Perhaps
it has blessed ail above their merits. For my
self, 1 i-Uu.ll never ursk for more true liberty uud
real happiness under any government thau I have
enjoyed us a citizen of this great American Union.
May they who would destroy this Union in a
frolic, have wisdom to furnish (o our children u
better. Yours, very truly,
B. U. Hill.
To Me.- ■ C. 0. Pullen, W. C. Darden and Thos.
Leslie, Committee.
better from 54cv. W. T. Brantley.
By permisbion, we publish an extract 1 torn a
letter to a friend by Rev. W. T. Brantley, who
is too well known iu Georgia to require any guar
anty for ability and truth. It wili be ten that
his views .u Lincoln s election strongly corrobo.
rote those expressed iu the first number of
“Pinckney/* a correspondent of the Constitution
al 1 4 :
Philadelphia, Dec. 24,1860.
You know tbat my profession keeps me aloof
from oroiuury political excitements, but the einer
g *oe os of tii • times compel men in every position
to :dve utuwaaee to their honest convictions. I
need not t.-li you how stio Jv l sympathize with
\ou in the grievances o. tv hull vou justly corn
plain, uud for which you to • king redress. A
native ot the South, my t-v i v- childhood and much
of my manhood passed i. Georgia, receiving at
tl.u h. Is of her people uuiform kmduess through
s l ies of years, my with and children boru on
your Nwil, in:tuy .i my kindred and connexions
yet residing there—though providentially at tho
present time a resident ot Pennsylvania—f cannot
but be deeply moved by whatever fives you
trouble, iu the recent canvass which has termi
nated so unhappily, my position precluded me
from taking any active part. All 1 did was to ex
press the appreheusiou in a private way that the
• lection of Lii coin would destroy the Confeder
acy. Aud when 1 was übout to go to the polls, 1
said to oue of the electors, who was of my way of
thinking, that I desired to make as strong au anti-
L ‘C’i’u mark as possible, lie gave me the ticket
which in his judgment did this most effectively,
and l voted it.
The opinion is curreut with you that th sup
porters of Lincoln in the North are irrecouciiea
bly hostile to your institutions ; and that the re-
* nt election must be taken as a guaranty of fur
ther infringements upon your rights until these
have been utterly overthrown. If this opinion
were just, the law of self-preservat ou would com
pel you to break off, even in violence and bio. and if
it must be, all political connexion with a people
who are seeking to stub your vitartutercsts. In
such a case, it would be certain destruction to re
main in the Uniou —it could bo no more out of it,
* and it might be comparative safety. But the
opinion iu questiou does groat injustice to multi
tudes here, eveu of those who voted for Lincoln.
I wilt not speak for other States; but in Pennsyl
vania, where the Presidentelect received (I regret
to say) a Ur. tr majority thau in any other Not th
orn State, 1 have the best reason for knowing that
the masses are overwhelmingly in favor of doing
full justice to the South. Were the question sub
united to the people of this State to-day, Are you
u favor of allowing slaveholders equal rights with
yourselves iu the territories?—l believe tbat they
would answer affirmatively by a majority of one
hundred thousand. If, then, you ask how if camu
to pass that Lincoln received so largo a majority,
I answer, it was not opposition to the South, but
opposition to the Administration. They feel here
towards Mr. Buchanaujust us your own Chronicle
and S htmel feels when, a few days ago, it express
ed the l ope that Mr. Buchauau would resign. I
have been reading newspapers ot all sorts, con
versing with intelligent men, and personally ob- i
serving the movements of the day in Pennsylva
nia for four years; uud if I were to classify the
. auts which united in the support of the sec*
tiou.il candidate, 1 would say that four sevenths
of those who suMaiood him acted from hatred to i
wk.it they call Democratic misrule • two-sevenths
vot od for 1 -iacola because they believed that the j
great industrial interests would be most efficiently
protected under his administration; the roaiain
„• sev<_ util voted for hiut on autt-sdaverv grounds.
Vuoh h i.- been said about the “ Peraonal Liberty
bids” > f this Statv l . Whatever laws may be ou
tuo statute boox, l that Pcnnsvlvauia offers
no practical obstruction to the complete execution j
of the fugitive slave law. Repeatedly since my ;
residence iu this city, have slaves beeu returned
to their claimants. Ou oue occasion when a mob |
of negroes attempted a rescue, they were beaten j
off by order of our Mayor—a man who was elect- 1
ed to his office by the same party who have just
voted for Lincoln. Some of the best friends of
the Munth who have investigated the matter tell
uie th it there arc no laws of the Mate which at
all conflict with full justice to the South in this 1
respect. If mere be any real ground of com plaint,
1 have no doubt that the Legislature, about to !
convene, will, on the discovery of the fact, erase
me offensive provision from their books. When j
Gov. Packer rebuked the John Brown sympatbi- j
zers iu a letter which has been published in your j
papers, he expressed sentiments in which the
Mate concurred almost unanimous!v. if the
South had uuited on Job:: Bell, be would have re
ceived the support of this State, and would to-day
have been the President elect. They rallied !
around Lincoln, not because he wastn Abolition- <
ist, but because he was, in their judgment, ths 1
c i<\jn iidats who co’< Id orcr*hrcic ths Democracy, j
The Hon. Howell Cobb has truly sad. that oppo- j
Mtiou to slavery is tne principle which binds to- !
gether the repeilant elements of the dominant
party in the Northern States. But the tire which
binds the wheel is but u am all part of that wheel, j
.* ;d when broken, the wheel falls to pieces The ’
slavery -dement, though holdiug together the Lta- :
colt, party, is ouly the tire Drive out of your :
federal politics tuts vexed subject as you may—us
you mut ff you would have peace—and jhe whole
party is dismembered and destroyed. So odious i
was the name Republican in his State, that the
party *o ailed in ot. ‘r States were here geuer- I
ally known as the “ Feople’s F rty,” and it was
under this title that the tr. *h was won.
lam not of those bo believe that the South
should submit uncomplainingly to what hr.-* just
transpired. I beliov© that she should insist upon
a redress for her grievances. But the rented? is
•
horrors of which I shudder to think. Y a cave
miuions of true friends in tbe North, and wheu
the opportunity is afforded they will demonstrate
* e *aot. That* there are people here who hate you
-.ili a bitter hatred, is not denied; but these at e ac
insignificant company compared with those who
are prepared *-■> pr:t t all t;*vr rights. If at your
sppryachiag Convention you state any reasonable
c “ Ti ‘ - which you will consent to remain
.1 t .e- l n, I 1 *re no doubt that what is asked
can be secured. Your proposals, if refused, would
g.\*e you & unu at home which you do not now
* u : “U.itl increase the number
o j-rsons uere xvhy we;.- jestuy you in such
neas ‘.tcs i redress as mdk deemed essential
to your safety.
itai lniuatttit tux your pa;.- nee longer. Fx- \
c la? busty and rambling letter. It comes
ir ' ,m a 4: f art “ hk?h loves the uth and loves the .
Imoi +i ;ca uas been confessedly to ail of us the
s >urce vd great gyod. In tlie Union Georgia has
bvtui.ie a }*. ertul commonwraUh. Her success 1
is no longer a.i experiment. Is it ceriai .•< that she |
w n better to withdraw ? May a merciful God |
preside over your deliberations, ami conduct vou ’
to wise conclusions, is the prayer of ‘ j
\ cur \V. T. Biiktlet. •
i “Dictator” for rue United States—The
w* V. a journal of Paris, thinks that a dictator 1
is needed to set the Lulled right, aud re
comt.ie i ~Cupt, Bonaparte formerly of Baltimore,
for the office. * |
Favor the Repeal of the Personal Liberty ;
Bill.—Hon. Geo. Ashman, of Massachusetts, who
w?> President c.f the Chicago Con v tut ion, has
wr.tter a in favor of the repeal of the Per
soual Liberty Law of Massachusetts. .
Gov. Houston has issued a proclamation for an
extra session of the Texas Ley :lature January 2G, :
to consider the crisis. The Convention of* the
people will assemble on the 2Sth. The secession >
feeing is in the ascendant.
Personal Liberty Acta.
The National InttUiqcncer publishes the fol
lowing abstracts of the “Personal Liberty Acts ‘ of
the Northern States:
MALVE.
The laws of this State provide that no sheriff,
depute sheriff, coroner, constable, jailor, justice .
j of the peace, or other officer of the State shall i
arrest or detain, or aid iu so in any prison
j or building belonging to this State, or to any
; county or town, any person on account of a claim
on him as a fugitive slave, under a penalty not ex
ceeding one tcousand dollars, and makes it the
j duty of all county attorneys to repair to the place
where such person is held in custody, and render
! him all necessary and legal assistance in making
: his defence against said claim.
MEW HAMPSHIRE.
The law of the State declarer* that slaves, com
ing or broughtjnto the State, by or with the con
&etit of the master, shall be free ; declares the at
tempt to hold any person as a slave within the
| State a felony, witn a penalty of imprisonment
j not less than one nor more than fire years; pro
i v ided, that the provisions of this section shall not
! apply to any act lawfully done by any officer of
j the United States, or other persoD, in the execu
tion of any legal process.
VERMOXT.
This Sfate, by her several acts of 1843, lSof', and
I 18.56, provides that no court, justice of peace, or
magistrate shall take cognizance of any certificate,
; warrants, or process under the fugitive slave law ;
: provides that no officer, or citizen of the State,
shall arrest, or aid, or assist in arreating, any per
! son for the reason that be is claimed as a fugitive
slare ; provides that no officer or citizen shall aid
; or assist in the removal from the State of any
j person claimed as a fugitive slave ; provides “a
l penalty of #I,OOO, or imprisonment five years in
| State prison, for violating this act. This act,
1 however, shall not be construed to extend to any
citizen of the Slate acting as a Judge of the Cir
: cuit or District Court of the United States, or as
Marshal or Deputy Marshal of the District of Ver
j raonty or to any person acting under the command
!or authority of said courts or Marshal. Requires
j the State’s attorneys to act as counsel for alleged
i fugitives; provides tor issuing babeascorpus, and
the trial by jury of all questions of fact in issue
between the parties, and ordains that every per
! son who may have been held as a slave, who shall
coine, or be brought, or be in this State, with or
I without the consent of his or her muster or mistress,
| or who shall come, or be brought, or be involun
| tartly, or in any way, iu this State, shall be free.
It is also provided that every person who shall
j hold, or attempt to hold, in this State, in slavery,
’ or as a slave, any person mentioned as a slave in
| the section of this act relating to fugitive slaves,
j or any free person, in any form, or for any time,
j however short, under the pretence that such per
i son is or has been a slave, shall, on conviction
i thereof, be imprisoned iu the State prison for a
| term not less than one year nor more than fifteen
j years, and be fined not exceeding two thousand
dollars.
MUSSACHUBETTB.
The first of the laws known as “personal liberty
acts’in Massachusetts was passed in 1843, no less
than seventeen years ago. It is based upon the
famous decision of the Supreme Court of the
United States in the case of Prigg vs. the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, pronounced in 1542
by Judge Story. By this decision it was de
clared that the rendition of fugitives falls exclu
sively within the functions of the Federal Gov
ernment, and that no State law r can interfere with
or prohibit the execution of the Federal law for
the purpose. Statutes in conformity with this
ruling were passed by the Legislature of Massa
chusetts in
of this earlier legislation we**e applied to the Uui
ted States fugitive slave law of 1850; the writ of
habeas corpus was extended to the cases of per
sons detained as fugitive slaves; a trial by jury
was placed at their command; the onus probandi
is laid on the claimant, who must bring two cre
dible witnesses to substantiate his claim ; persons
holding any place of honor or emolument under
the Commonwealth are forbidden to issue any
warrant or other process under the United States
fugitive slave act; jails of the State not to be used
for the detention of fugitive slaves; commission
ers to be appointed in every county to defend the
cause of alleged fugitive slaves, Ac. In the year
1858 judges of the State were forbidden to issue
any writ under the United States fugitive slave
law of 1850.
The Boston Daily Advertiser of the 7th inst.,
remarks as follows on the subsequent disposition
that was made of these several acts :
“Finally, in 1859, when the whole body of our
statutes was revised and codified, all three of
theso acts, those of 1843, 1856, aud 1858, were ex
prrfifily repealed, th. ir subettance being incorporated
in the nt-w text. The duty of making this codifi
cation was entrusted in the first place to Com
missioners appointed by Gov. Gardner, (thesame
who vetoed tho personal liberty act of 1855,1 and
their work was afterwards examined by a large
joint committee, composed of leading members of
the two House of the Legislature. It happened
somewhat singularly that, although the Republi
cans were the dominant party, politically, in both
Houses, by far the ablest lawyers in each
were Democrats of the straiteat sect, to-wit: Hon.
Caleb Cushing in the House of Representatives,
and lion. Benjamin F. Butler, (late Breckinridge
candidate for Governor,) in the Senate. Both of
these gentlemen were members Os the committee
to which we have alluded; but neither in com
mittee, nor afterwards in the Senate or House,
did either of them, or any’ other member, propose
to omit from that revision any portion oi tho per
sonal liberty acts, or suggest that they were un
constitutional. They remain, therefore, substan
tially as before, now comprised in chapter 144 of
the General Statutes. Any Southern Governor
who does not wish to copy the mistaken refer
ences of the late Executive message of Georgia
will find the new volume of ‘Genera! Statutes,
Massachusetts, 1860,’ in the library of his State;
and any oue else who desires to make an exact
reference may purchase u copy of the volume,
for no higher price than a dollar aud forty cents,
of Messrs. Wright A Fetter, State printers, cor
ner of Spring laue, aud Devonshire street, Bos
ton.”
CONNECTICUT.
The State of Connecticut provides that every
person who shall falsely aud maliciously declare,
represent, or pretend that auy free person entitled
to freedom, is a slave, or owes service or labor to
any person or persons, with intent to procure or
to aid or assist in procuring the forcible removal
of such free person from this State as a slave,
shall be fiued #5,000 and be imprisoned five years
in the Connecticut State prison ; requires two
witnesses to prove that any person is a slave or
owes labor ; deuouuces a penalty of #5,000 against
any person :-ei?ing or causing to be seized any
free person, with iutent to reduce him to slavery ;
depositions not to be admitted as evidence ; wit-
testifying falsely liable to #5,000 fine and
five years imprisonment.
RHODE ISLAND.
This State by her legislation forbids the carry
ing away of any person by force out of the State ;
forbids any judge, justice, magistrate, or court,
from officially aiding in the arrest, of a fugitive
slave under the fugitive slave law of 1793 or 1S50;
forbids auy sheriff or other officer from arresting
or detaining any person claimed as a fugitive
slave; provides a penalty of #SOO, or imprison
ment not exceeding six months, for violating the
act.; denies the use of her jails to the United States
I for the detention of fugitive slaves.
NEW YORK.
The State of New York has passed no laws hav
ing relation to the United States fugitive slave act
of 1860. Though pressed frequently upon the
Legislature, they have always failed of adoption.
The old and obsolete act of 1840,Entitled “An act
to exteud the right of trial by jury,” extends the
trial by jury to the cases of persons arrested as
fugitive slaves; but in the fourth editiou of the
haws of the State, as prepared and published by
lion. Hiram Deuio, at present Chief Justice of the
Court of Appeals, may be found appended to the
chapter containing tins law the following note :
“An Act to Extmd the Right of Trial by Jury,
passed May (>tb, 1840.—The decision of the Su
preme Court of the United States, in Prigg vs. the
Common wealth of Pennsylvania, 16 Peters* U.
589, establishes the doctrine that all St..te laws
calculated to interfere with the third subdivision
of section 2, article 4, of the Constitution of the
United States are unconstitutional. Since that
decisiou the fugitive slave law (Laws of Congress,
1850, chap. 60) has been passed, containing pro
visions repugnant to the whole of this act. It is
therefore of no force ; but, as it has never been
repealed, it is here inserted.”
NEW jersey.
The State of New Jersey has uo statutes bear
ing on this subject save those which eujoin on her
State officers the duty of aiding in the recovery
of fugitive slaves. Persons temporarily residing
in the State are also permitted to bring with them
and retain thefr domestic slaves.
IKXXSVLVAXU.
The State of Pennsylvania has not formally and
1 specially legislated at all against the United States
fog tire slave law of ISs'\ though there tvos an
j old statute of 1547 which prohibited anv judge,
i justice of the peace, or alderman from takiug cog-
I nintnee of the case of any fugitive from labor,
; “under a certaiu act of Congress passed on the
12th es February, 17'.’8.” During the last session
j of her Legislature, the Commissioners appointed
to revise aud amend the penal laws of Pennsylva
nia John O. Knox, Edward King and David \Veb
! star) made a report to the Legislature that they
had completed their labors, and the result was
| presented in the shape of a bill entitled “An act
to consolidate, revise aud amend the Penal Laws
of the Commonwealth.” That report, on the 81st
! day ot March, Iso, was enaetea into a law, and
i by the ninety-fifth section it is enacted as fol
lows :
; “Xo Judge of any of the Courts of this Com
i monwealth, nor any Alderman or Justice of the
Peace of said Commonwealth, shall have jurisdic
tion or take cognizance of the case of anv fugitive
from labor trom any of the United States or Tcr
; ritories under any act vs Congress, nor shall any
j such Judge, Alderman, or Justice of the Peace of
I this Commonwealth issue or grant any certificate
[ or warrant of removal of any such fugitive from
labor, under any act of Congress; ana if anv Al
| derrnan or Justice of the Peace of this Common
wealth shall take cognizance or jurisdiction of the
I case of any such fugitive, or shall grant or issue
any certificate or warrant of removal, as aforesaid,
then, and in either case, he shall be deemed guiltv’
of a misdemeanor in office, and shall, on couvio
tied thereof, be sentenced to pay, at tbe discre
tion 6f the Court, any sum not’ exceeding one
thousand dollars, the one-half to the partv prose
cuting for tlffi same, aud tbe other half to the use
of this Commonwealth.'’
The theory of this law, it will be seen, is found
ed strictly on the decision of the Supreme Court
of the l nited States in the Pngg case, and does
not interfere with the functions’of the Commis
sionei appointed under the United States law.
StICHIGAX.
The law of this State requires State's attorneys
to act as counsel for fugitive slaves; secures to
persons arrested as fugitive slaves the benefits
of the writ of habeas corpus, and trial by jury ;
denies use of State jails for detention of'alleged
fugitives ; requires that identity of fugitive slaves
shaii be proved by two credible witnesses, or by
legal evidence equivalent thereto, and provides “a
fine of not less than five hundred cor mere than
one thousaud dollars, and imprisonment in State i
orison for five \ ears, for forcibly seizing, or caus
tag to be seized, any fret r-trton, with ‘intent to ’
have such person held in slavery.
Tb s Stata has no legislation on the subject.
WISCOXSIN.
Tbe law of this State enjoins on the district at
tornevs the duty of acting as counsel for alleged
fugitive slaves ; secures to such persons the bene
fits of the writ of habeas corpus; provides for
appeal to be taken to next stated term of the
Circuit Court; secures trial by jury; enjoins a
penalty ot one thousand dollars and imprison
ment of n t more than five nor less than on. vear
on all who “ falsely aud maliciously represent anv
free person to be a slave;” identity of alleged fu
gitive slave to be proved by two credible witness
es : no deposition to be received in evidence. It
is also provided that—
No judgment recovered against auv person or
persons for any neglect or refusal to obey, or any
violatii nos, the act of Congress commonly term
ed tbe “Fugitive Slave Act,” approved September
Istb, 1860, or any of the provisions thereof, shall
be a lien on anv real e tate within this State, nor
shall an v such (judgment be enforceable by sale or
execution of any real or personal property with
in this State ; but all such sales shaii be absolute
ly void : and in case of seizure or sale of any such
personal property, by virtue of anv execution is
sued on such judgment, the defendant in said ex
ecution may maintain an actiou in replevin, or
other action to secure possession thereof, in tbe
manner provided by law for such actions, on affi
davit filtd as required by law.and a further state
ment therein that said execution is issued in a
judgment rendered under the provisions of tbe
act of C ongress aforesaid ; and the provisions of
this scctiou shall also appl? to judgments hereto
fore rendered.”
OHIO, INDI AN A. ILLINOIS. CALIFORN A
AND OREGON.
e cannot find that these States have any laws
in force on the subject.
The North Una Legislature has declined to
allow the National Ha 2 to be ncisted over the
Capitol.
Full Particular* of file Delulcatiou.
Washington, Dec. 24. ‘
It appears from ifce facts in connection vrith the
late abstraction of the bonds of the Indian Trust (
Fund, that, about five months ago, ffm. E. Jlus- j
sell, the firm of Majors. Russell A Waddell, I
held about c: million ot dollar** of the official ac
ccptar ccs of the Secretary of War. These accep
tances had beeu given, conditionally, in aeoord- !
auce with the usual course of business, for trans
portation of hupplies of the army, under contract ;
with the Government. Mr. Russell, not finding 1
himself abie to negotiate these acceptances, and
being greatly embarrassed, pecuniarily, and ascer
taining from Godard A Bailey, with whom he was
intiinat ly acquainted, that the latter had control i
of over three millions of L.dian Trust Funds, in
vested id bonds of different States, arranged with j
him to let him have about half a million dollars :
these bonds to be hypothecated iu New York, and :
as security for which, he gave Bailey the accep
tances ot the War Department, which Bailey
placed iu the safe where the books were kept. Ke
i centlY these bonds have greatly depreciated, aud
the Bankers in New York who made advances on
| them, therefore, called sot additional security.—
Bailey, in order to save the bonds, delivered over
#300,0* worth of them additional, in all $870,000.
; On the 19th inst. he addressed a letter to the Sec
, retary of the Interior, frankly imparting these
facts, and requesting an investigation.
This letter he gave to a Senator to be delivered
i to the Secretary on his return from North C'aro-
I lina, which request was complied with. The in
i vestigation, yesterday, proved the truth of these
Suter, Lea A Cos., compose the bank-
I ing firm through w hich the negotiation wastrans
-1 acted. Nothing either in the paper or in the in
| vestigation rhow that any parties except those
: immediately concerned in this business as above
related aro in the slightest manner concerned in
the transactions. It may be stated that the ac
| ceptance3 of the Secretary o i War have been
| given from tune to time, in compliance with a
| contract with Russell, Majors A Cos., and until re
| cently that firm have had no difficulty in nego
i tiatingthem. To-day, Bailey was arrested at the
instance of the Government, and required to give
bail in the sum of $3,000 for appearance at the
next term of the Criminal Ccurt. A dispatch re
ceived here to-day from the two detectives sent to
New York yesterday, states that Russell has been
arrested, and will be here to-morrow. It is
thought the Government is protected, as the ac
ceptances more than cover the amount of the
bonds abstracted. The Special Committee of the
House, to which an investigation of the subject is
referred, consists of Messrs. Morris, of Illinois,
Coukling, of New York, Bocock, of Virginia,
Harris, of Vhryland, and Case of Indiana.
Arrest ov ax Alleged Accomplice.—ln conse
quence of information elicited in Washington by
an examination of papers, or by statements of
Bailey, the defaulting Clerk of the Department of
the Interior, Officer Allen came on to this city on |
Sunday in pursuit of some person alleged to be |
implicated in the wholesale plunder of the public j
funds.
On his arrival he immediately communicated ;
with the U. 8. Marshal, exhibiting a requisition
from the authorities of the District of Columbia
for a certain Government contractor who has
been long and well known in Washington.
Steps were immediately taken to secure the ar
rest of the accused, who, it was ascertained, was
stopping at the Everett House. United States
Commissioner Betts issued his warrant, and early
on Monday the officers found the person they
were in pursuit of, Mr. Wm. 11. Russel, who w%s
about leaving his hotel.
He was conveyed to the Marshal’s office in a
carriage, and on application Judge Betts signed
the order for the delivery of the accused to the
authorities of the District of Culumbia.
Mr. Russell is a well known largo army con
tractor. He is charged with being concerned in
the recent embezzlements of the Indian trust
fund.
The part taken by Mr. Russell, is understood to
have been the disposal, in tins city, of the drafts
and bonds taken by the agent iu Washington.
Mr. Russell was arrested and takeu before Judge
Betts, who issued a warrant of rendition, and the
accused was immediately taken on to Washington
by the officer.
Wasiunot'-x, Dec. 26.—W. 11. Russell, who was
arrested on Monday, in New York, on the charge
of being implicated in the abstraction of the bonds
from the Interior Department, arrived here yes
terday, in the custody of Detectives Allen and
Barker, llis bail was fixed by the Government
at #500,000, in default of which lie was comm tted
to jail, where he was visited by members of Con
gress and other friends, who* partook of Christ
mas hospitalities with him.
Mr. Bailey is retained as a witness in the c tse.
The Interior Department has taken measures for
the recovery of the abstracted bonds.
Further revelation of facts connected with the
recent fraud on the Government show that
Messrs. Russell, Majors A Co.’s contract has two
years to run yet. The alleged acceptances of the
Secretary of War are said to consist of mere
memoranda stating that so much money would
be due on the execution of certain service under
tho contract for the transportation of the army
supplies, which Mr. Russell had, from time to
time, used as collateral security in borrowing
money Such memoranda or certificates have
heretofore been given by other departments un
der like circumstances.
Mr. Uailey, in his letter of confossion to tho Se
cretary of the Interior, says that no officer of the
Government hail any complicity or tho slightest
knowledge ot the fact of his having abstracted
the bonds, and that it was confined to the per
son* directly implicated and heretofore named.
The bondsmen for Bailey surrendered him to
day and he is now in jail. As to the bail requir
ed of Ui.sscll, it having been agreed t take $200,-
000 outsi.io of the mi •sdietiou of the Court, Sen
ator Green and Representatives Woodsen and
Barrett, all of Missouri, have gone his security
for this amount. The.remaining #BOO,OOO is be
ing made up by citizens of Washington.
Tor the Chronicle i0 Sentinel.
Will noi Submit to the Action of tho
Convention.
Mt. Editor : —There are men of the separate
Stat. action or immediate secession party, that
openly say they will not abide the action of the
Convention to meet ut Milledgevilfe the 10th of
January next, unless that Convention’s action
endorses their policy of going out of the Union at
ouce. They openly say they will rebel against
that Convention, and the decis ou of the sovereign
people of Georgia in Convention assembled, un
less it bend to the dictates of the immediate se
cession party. Is not that a nice idea V The
people should know the game to be played. The
players ate desperate driven men. What, not
obey the sovereign will of the people 1 The peo
ple are the sovereigns in this country. We have
no titled nobiiity yet—uo my Lords yet. We
may have thorn. I think it quite likely there are
some who would like to be called my Lord so and
so. ThobO who think the English government the
best iu the world, may have hankering after no
bilitv, aud would like an aristocracy established
in this laud of freemen after the style and fashion
of the English nobility.
All who declare self-government a failure must
be iu favor of a monarchy, or despotism, or king
dom. There is no escape from that conclusion
Do the people of Georgia believe their govern
mmt made by their fathers, a failure? It is no
failure! Demagogues have well nigh ruined it.
The people have been led and docievod by them.
This state of things is uot the choosiug of the
people. Politicians have brought it all about
Men desperate in political fortunes and who
shrink from an exposure of their bad acts, have
precipitated the distress uud confusion that, exists
upon liie people. The idea that self-government
is failure is ridiculous. The failure of self-gov
ernment ri sought, to bo fastened upon the minds
of the people, that it may be the way through
which those who precipitate tho State iato revo
lution may escape the just ivengunce of au indig
nant and ruined people*. They seek to familiarze
the public mind that self-government is a failure.
When that is done, tho next step will be a glow
ing description of the English Government, or
some other form of Government opposed to the
people governing themselves.
I would trust no man who says self government
js a failure. The people of the “cross-roads and
groceries” should see to it that these gentlemen
are left iu private life. They go over the State
telling the people that Georgia must assert her
independence. When was Georgia ever depen
dent iu this Union 7 When was it Georgia was
not independent in this confederation of States?
Some of these immediate secessionists say they
look upon every man who does not favor their
break up destructive policy as an enemy to the
South, aud that they go in for putting ail to the
sword who are not with them in their ruinous
design. What a thought! How infamous and
cowardly the threat! The honest, cool and rclia
,bie planter of the country is our only hope in
this crisis. The time lias arrived for the planters
as well as our coolest-headed Statesmen to act,
control, guide aud direct the destiny of Georgia.
Earl.
1 A Patriotic Voice from Georgia.— I The Bal
j timore At/itrican publishes the following in that
i city :
JfOOLETHORPC CorXTY, Gi., >
December 18th, 1880. f
As to the political news, you get It even from
this State and county almost ns fresh and hot as
we do. What u lamentable thing it is that our
greut, our graud, our wonderful improvements,
tuat might render us so happy ns a nation, glum Id
! be subverted and made a curse to us ; but the peo
ple are intoxicated with the mercies aud bless
i lugs a kind Providence has showered upon them,
j and in a fit of madness are about to dash the
I more thau golden eaaket uhat has cost our sires
j oceans of blood and treasure,) to the ground, yea,
j against the rock of Treason, that will hinder it
I into a thousand pieces.
• It is a matter so simple a thiug so easily douc,
j to right the “Ship of rotate,” and let her sail
smoothly and calmly on her voyage, that the pas
| sengers would scarcely know there had been any
I obstruction.
• To obtain this result, let each State repeal every -
j thing that is obnoxious to the Constitution of the
! United States ; in other words, let each State
come square up to the Constitution, let the North
cease to interfere with the South, and ail would
be happy.
lianas off the Constitution—it is sacred next to
the Bible in my view, aud if all thought so, and
would act accordingly, we would yet be a Lapp*,
people. Yet Ido tear that a heavy weight. >;
I trouble awaits ns all, and is not far ahead of u-,
| more especially the young men who will be called
iuto the battle-field when tho tocsiu of war is
sounded. I was born with the Constitution oft he
United States (1787 , I feel as if I .‘•hall be willing
to die vvheu that dies. lam sure i ouid be will
ing to die for and in defence of it. I would as
| soon expect to take up again a beautiful glass
j pitcher that had been srnashe iuto a thousand
j piece?, whole and complete as t was before its
j fall, as ever to see anything of&l instrument again
: like our glorious Constitution.
Seasonable Advice. —Coughs and Ccdds.—
This is the season for colds, and complaints are
I frequently. The Journal of Health says that if a
man begins to cougj n .s the result of a common
; cold, it is the result of nature attempting the cure
! and she will effect it in her own time, and more j
; effectually than any man con do so, if she :s only i
1 let alone, and her instincts cherished. What are i
t those instincts? She abhors food, and craves
warmth. Hence, tho moment a man is satisfied ;
| that he has taken cold, let him do three things : ;
- First, eat no: an atom. Second, go to bed and j
; cove- up wi.ee in a warm room. Third, drink as j
! much co!u water as he wants, or as much hot herb j
tea as he can, and in three casts out of four he
will be almost entirely well in thirty-six hours. !
’ he dees nothing for his cold for eighty-four
hours after the cough commences, there is noth
ing ;ha* he can swallow that will by any possibili
ty. dc bitn any good, for the cold, with such a
start, will run its course to about a fortnight, in
spite c.f all that can be done, and what is swal- *
lowed in tho meantime, in the way of physic, is a
hindrance and not a good. “Feed a cold and ,
starve a is a mischievous fallacy. A cold
always brings a fever ; a cold never begins to get
well uut.i the feves begins to subside ; but every
mouthful swallowed is that much more fuel to j
teed the fever, and but that for the fact that as
soon as the cold is fairly seated, nature, in a kiDd
of desperation, steps in and takes away the appe .
tite, the commonest cold would be followed byl
very serious results, aDd in frail people would b*sl
almost always fatal. These things being so, the j
very fact of waiting forty-eight hours gives time I
tor the ccld to fix itself in the system, for & cold !
does nut usually cough until a day or two has
passed, ano then to wait two days longer, gives 4
it its fullest chance to do its work before any- j
thing at all is done.
Valu able Discovert.—Charles Lawson, a hand j
loom weaver, of Dumfomiine, Scotland, has in
vented a machine for weaving Brussels and velvet |
pile carpets and table covers, which, it is pre
dicted, will cause a revolution in tnose branches !
of manufacture.
Fugitive Slaves.—Tbe United States author ]
ities far the Southern District of Ohio, state that ;
every fugitive slave arrested during the past three .
vears, hbs been remanded into servitude; not one
Las been discharged.
Charlestctn, Dec. The Legislature passed J
resolutions to-day adjourning until the Sd of Jan j
uary, lssl.
(L&ronicle & Snilinti.
AUGUSTA, GA..
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JAVA 2, IH6I.
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paying backs takeu at par. We employ uo
travelling agents.
WE ALWAYS stop the Chronicle A Senti
nel at the end of the year, or the time for which
it is paid, of which each subscriber will receive
due notice by L rer, so that if you wish to con
tinue it, it would be well to renew your subscrip
tion at least two weeks before the time expires.
WE C ANNOT change the address of a Bub-
Acribcr unless he gives us his former as well as
Lis present address.
Reply to IHr. Cobb’s Speech.
This excellent analysis of one of the most popu
lar speeches of the canvass, is concluded in our
paper to-day. It is worthy of careful perusal by
ail who feel an interest in the present exciting
political questions. We shall print a large num
ber in pamphlet form, which will be ready for
gratuitous delivery in a few days. Our friends
in the country are invited to send in their orders^
Another Victim.—Stephen Shaw, who was
concerned iu the Hamburg affray recently, died
in that place on Tuesday evening last. He leaves
a wife and children to mourn his untimely fate.
A negro man belonging to M. C. Williams, of
Hamburg, diH uddenly ou Tuesday night. The
jury rendered a verdict that he died from “pal
pitation of the heart.”
The - .uli of December will hereafter, we pre
sume, take the place of the 4th of July iu South
Carolina. It is also the anniversary of the land
ing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth.
Fire.—The kitchen and servants’ rooms on the
premises of Mr. J. S. Simmons, No. 52 Greene
street, took fire between 2 and 3 o’clock this
morning, and were pretty much consumed. Part
of the kitchen is standing, but little injured, but
the rooms adjoining were burnt to the ground.
The fire was probably accidental. Au insurance
on the whole property undoubtedly covers the
loss.
Release of Col. Rudler.—The New Orleans
papers contain tlie* gratifying intelligence, already
foreshadowed in the news brought from Truxillo,
by Captain West, that Col. Rcdleb, the second in
command of Gen. Walker’s expedition, has beeu
pardoned by the authorities of Honduras. This
intelligence is conveyed in a private letter from
Col. Uudlkr himself, dated Tegucipalca, Depart
ment of Oiancho, the 31st October, and Col. Rud
ler adds that he will leave for home .as soon as
he can make the necessary arrangements and is
able to travel.
The Mobile Register says that he wili doubtless
make his home in that city, where preparation
has been for some time made tp insure him quiet
and comfort after his many hardships of body and
mind, aud where hosts of warm friends are anx
ious to greet him again.
Mammoth Turnips.—Mr. J. C. Dawson, of this
city, has received from Jesse M. Roberts, of War
renton, several turnips, (a fair sample of his
crop, he says,) which speak well for the fertilizing
properties of the American Guano, with which
his land was manured. Four of these turnips
weighed thirty-eight pounds; the largest one,
after the top was taken off, weighing fourteen and
a half pounds. A small extent of ground, at this
rate, would realize a haudsoine profit, upon the
amount invested in fertilizers.
A Pleasant Incident.
One of those agreeable incidents which servo to
gild life’s pathway, aud that sometimes constitute
an epoch in our lives, took place on Christmas
morning. The orphans belonging to that-excel
lent institution, the Episcopal Church Orphan
Asylum, on Ellis street, bad arranged a surprise
for their esteemed friend aud patron, Dr. Ford,
the pastor of St. Paul’s Church. About dawn on
that day, the little ones, numbering some 17 or 18,
repaired to the parsonage, aud treated Dr. F. and
his estimable lady to a serenade. Every member
es the interesting group of children, down to a
“wt-.o thing” of three years old, joined in singing
the following sweet and tender hymn :
God Bless our Pastor.
I.
Now in the glad, glad sunshine,
Whjen nature seems so bright,
We’ll raise our voice in merry chime,
To the blessed God of Light;
That He will keep our Pastor,
So loving, kind and true,
Ami daily send him blessiuga
With suushine and the de v.
11.
Earth scuds to tell her gladness,
The pretty laughing flowers,
A ml, we, the children of the Church,
Will thank God .for the hours
When our kind and honored Pastor
Informs us of the way
Where Jesus guides Lis little flock
To realms of endless day.
111.
0 teach us, holy Father,
Our Pastor to obey,
And, us he guides us up to Heaven,
Our gratitude we’ll pay,
To our dear and precious Pastor,
So tender and ao true,
O daily send him blessings
With sunshine and the dew.
The whole scene was so replete vyith thrilling
interest- the pleasant company of children, their
cheeks rosy with the exercise of their morning
walk, and their eves beaming with happiness and
affection—the sweet harmony of their blended
voices, as they carrolled forth the hymn, so full
of the devotion and reverence which was throb
bing in their own hearts—all this was calculated
to excite the teuderest emotions; and it is not
surprising that the good Dr. F. was moved to
tears at the touching incident. It was indeed a
beautiful and graceful tribute, evincing the fer
vent attachment of the children for the friends
who have done so much to provide them with a
comfortable home in their orphanage—who have
long looked after their spiritual as well as tempo
ral interests—who have worked so energetically
and s-o efficiently for the welfare and prosperity of
the institution having them in charge.
All honor be accorded to the little children for
this shining act in their lives; and may they, and
the beloved recipients of the kind promptings of
their hearts, enjoy many, many years of unalloy
ed happiness—many an added Christinas, hallow
ed with as blessed associations as this has been.
Suicide. —A Frenchman named Louis A. I)k
----, vii. le. a jeweler by trade, was found dead in bis
room at the City Hotel, yesterday morning. He
: inis been missing since Christmas evening, aud
the servant who attends his room, finding the
door locked on the inside, suspected all was not
right. A forcible entrance was accordingly effect
ed, when the unfortunate man was found lying
i upon the bed with his throat cut nearly from ear
! to ear—the gash being so deep as to sever the
windpipe. It appeared, ou further examination,
: that he had stabbed himself five times iu the re
; gion of the heart with a sword-cane which lay
I upon the bed. Not effecting his purpose with this
iosVrumeut, he had taken his razor, which was
grasped in his hand, and accomplished the deed,
lie has a wife living in Brooklyn, New York, from
whom, we learn, he had not lately heard,
! and fears regarding her supposed death had agi
tated his mind for some tune. He gave strong
symptoms of mental aberation for several days
before his decease, which is evidently the proxi
, mate cause of his committing suicide. Coroner
Baker held au inquest orer the body yesterday
morning, and a verdict was rendered in accord
ance with these facts.
Senator Pugh, of Ohio, was serenaded at Wash
ingtou on Saturday night. While thanking his
friends for the honor conferred he said the peace
of the country could not be restored by the sword.
The shedding of a single drop of blood would
muke dissolution inevitable and the reconstruc
tion of the Union impossible. It was only by
concession that peace could be produced. Messrs.
pdcii, Valiandigham, Pendleton, Mallory,
son and Segar also made speeches, sustain
e views of Mr. Pugb, whose senatorial
sp .cch has been much commended.
The Sunday afternoon train on the Augusta &,
Savannah Railroad, from Augusta and from Mil
len, will be discontinued on and &fL4r Sunday,
! 3<Hh December, unfT further notice.
j Rhode Island—Gov. Sprague, of Rhode lelsnd
ju answer to a letter inquiring into the truci of &
j statement made in the New York Herald, that he
would refuse to recommend the repeal of the Fer
-1 sonal Liberty of that State, has made the fol
’ lowing explicit and patriotic response :
The Governor of Rhode Island goes heart and
hand for the repeal of the so-cailed Personal Lib
erty bills of his State, though they are unconsti
tutional only in spirit. The Legislature, which
meets in January, will, without hesitation, repeal
them, not from fear or cowardice, but front a
brave determination, in face of threats and sneers
to live up to the Constitution and ali its guar
antees, the better to testify their love for the
Union, and fche firmer to exact allegiance to it
from all others.
William Sprague.
Interesting Presentation.--The young ladies
of the Female Academy of Rev. John Nbelt, pre
sented that gentleman with a handsome silver
pitcher and goblet, on Wednesday afternoon last,
as a Christmas offering. Tbe testimonial wa3
very appropriate and deserved. Tbe presentation
was made by MUbSarah Nelson, and the articles
were respectively handed to Mr. Neely by Misses
Allis Williams and Sophie Carter. The occa
sion was a very agreeable one, and the “getting
up” reflects great credit upon all concerned. i
Fra k Leslie's Monthly.— We have received
from : e publisher the January nnmber of this 1
large and interesting magazine. It contains a •
finely colored fashion plate, four figures, togeth- i
er with a large number of wood engravings to il- ■
lustrate the text. There is a vast amount of ad
mirable reading matter of the very choicest *
character, which cannot fail to suit every taste. |
The exquisite novel, “ Verona Brent; or, the )
Wayward Course of Love,” will deeply interest
and delight all our lady fnends. The Fashion j
Department will attract the undivided attention !
of the ladies, for it is most elaborately and spien- J
tlidfy illustrated with the reigning fashions in j
Paris and New York, besides a vast amount of
work patterns, Ac. This being the first number j
ot a new volume is the best possible time to anb- !
scribe, which may be done by addressing Frank :
Leslie, New York City.
€outltutional Amendment*.
We ‘*ery little hope of any permanent
settlement of tae present difficulties which dis
tract the country, in %ny of the proposed amend
ments of the Constitution. The cause* of the!
trouble is not the want of sufficient guarantees in ;
that instrument, as it is at present. The South 1
has always professed unbounded reverence for the j
Constitution and has never asked for any thing !
but its strict observance and the enforcement of ;
Constitutional laws, and her cause of complaint \
has been, not that the Constitution was defective, j
but that its provisions were uot observed. *The !
personal liberty bills, the chief grievance, were j
enacted in direct violation of that instrument as
it is, and for the purpose of nullifying laws passed I
in accordance with it, uo amendment could make ;
the obligation to obey it any stronger. The Con- 1
stitution without amendment or alteration i> suffi
cient for the protection of States’ Rights, and it
is not at all probable that those who refuse to re
gard it is is at present, will pay any more respect
to it when amended.
This idea of tinkering the Constitution, has
originated very lately, and not with the people,
but with a class of experienced politicians who
must be aware how futile any new provisions
must prove as guarantees, when the existing ones
are not observed. Politicul capital for themselves
may be made possibly out of their propositions,
however impracticable, if refused, but they would
result in no permanent benefit if conceded. It is
not the action of the Federal Government vve de
mand, but justice from the Northern States. The
Constitution without amendment or alteration,
and the enforcement of Federal laws enacted in
accordance with it have always, until quite re
cently, been deemed sufficient guarantees of the
rights of the South, and at the South have always
been found those who revered it most heartily,
and the most zealous sticklers for its strict con
struction.
All that conservative men at the South ask is, a
cessation of the irritating agitation of the slavery
question, the Union on equal and honorable terms
as it was and should be- the Constitution as it is,
and # tho laws promptly and rigorously enforced.
We warn our readers against looking to Congress
for any solution of their difficulties. Congress
may again closo “Pandora’s Box,” by re-enacting
the Missouri line, thus settling again the Territo
rial question, but the mo3t irritating causes of
disseusion are beyond the power of Congress.
Monday’* k)i*p:itclie*.
We refrained in our last from making any re
marks upon the dispatches received here od Mon
day, just in the nick of time for our meeting, au
nouncing that the propositions of Mr. Crittenden
were each and all voted against uuauiraously by
tho Republican members of the Committee, and
that Mr. Toomb’s propositions were (not voted
upon, mind you) but “treated with derision and
contempt.” The dispatche, and that to the Press
to the same purport, needed explanation, and we
thought best to wait further advices. We had not
the slightest hint as to what Mr. Toomb’s propo
sitions were, aud could not judge of their pro
priety and practicability. The Committee was
not organized until Friday, and it seemed a very
precipitate proceedure to force such important
measures to a vote within twenty-four hours or
less. If the Committee, like that of the House,
were “controlled by Black Republicans” Mr.
Breckinridge was responsible for it, as he made
the appointment, but the list of the Committee
shows that the Republicans were actually in the
minority. Messrs. Toombs and Crittenden, we
are told by ono dispatch, were the only members
who voted for Mr. Crittenden’s amendments,
what became of the other Southern members,
Poweli. of Ky., Davis of Miss., and Hunter of
Va. ? We never had a -doubt that, they would
vcfte against tho re-establishment ©f the Missouri
line, but why was not the whole story told ?
Since writing the above we have received furth
ther accounts, which put quite a different face on
the matter. There are but four Republicans
serving ou the Committee, (Seward absent,) if
these four can control the live Southern men and
three Democrats who constitute the remainder of
the Committee, we have need of abler men iu the
Senate than we have there. It appears that
Messrs. Davis, Hunter and even Mr. TOOMBS
himself voted against Mr. Crittenden’s first pro
position to renew the Missouri Compromise, if
voting against it was so terrible a crime in Wade
ck Cos., was it praiseworthy in Toombs to vote with
them V
As to Mr. Toombs own propositions, no final
action was taken on them, but we see no evidence
of derision or contempt in delay of action—it hap
pens every day in ail deliberative assemblies.
As the best and fairest manner of contrasting
Mr. Toomb’s version ar.d the accounts from other
sources, we publish his account and that of the
Now York Herald , of the proceedings in com
mittee :
Washington, Dec. 23.—Senator Toombs tele
graphs this morning the following, addressed to
the people of Georgia :
Fellow Citizen* of Georgia : I came here to se
cure your constitutional right or to demonstrate
to you that you can get no guarantees for these
rights from your Northern confederates.
The whole subject was referred to a Committee
of thirteen in the Senate yesterday. I was ap
pointed on the committee and accepted the trust.
I submitted propositions, which so far from re
ceiving decided support from a single member of
the Republican party on the committee, they were
al! treated with either derision or contempt The
vote was then taken in Committee on the amend
ments to the Constitution proposed by Hon. J. J.
Crittenden, of Kentucky, AND EACH ANI) ALL
OF THEM WERE VOTED AGAINST UNANI
MOUSLY BY THE BLACK REPUBLICAN
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
In addition to these facts, a majority of the
Black Republican members of the Committee de
clared that THEY HAD NO GUARANTEES t 6 OFFER
which was silently acquiesced in by the other
members-
The Black Republican members of this Com
mittee of Thirteen are representative men of their
party and section, and to the extent of my infor
mation, truly represent the Committee of Thirty
three in the House, which ou Tuesday adjourned
for a week without coming to any vote, after sol
emnly pledging themselves to vote on all the pro
positions then before them on that date.
The Committee is controlled by Black Republi
cans, your enemies, who only seek to amuse you
with delusive hope until vour lection, in order
that you may defeat the friends of secession. If
you are deceived by them it shall not be my fault.
I have put the test fairly aud fraukly. It is deci
sive against you ; aud ne w I tell you, upon the
faith of a true man, that all further looking, to the
North for security for your constitutional rights
in the Union ought to be instantly abandoned. It
.is fraught with nothing but ruin to yourselves and
your posterity.
Secession by the fourth of March next should
be thundered from the ballot box by the unani
mous voice of Georgia, ou the second day of Jan
uary next. Such a voice will be your best guar
anty for Liberty, security, tranquility and glory.
■Robert Toombs.
From the X. Y. Herald. ‘2Zd, inst.
The Committee of Thirteen were in session to
day six hours and a half, considering various pro
positions to arrest the progress of dissolution and
give peace to the country.
The amendment tothe constitution proposed by
Mr. Crittenden, to settle the controversy between
the North and the South finally aud forever by a
division of the country from ocean to ocean, on
the parallel of the Missouri line, was the great
subject of discussion. Messrs. Crittenden, Doug
las and Bigler maintained it with great zeul and
ability.
Mr. Douglas reiterated his former determination
to consider the question for the preservation of
the country, as though he had never cast a vote
or uttered a sentiraeut on the subject before. If
that mode of compromise would not answer, he
declared himself willing to go for any other con
sistent with honor ot justice.
The appeals of Mr. Crittenden in bebalt of the
Union are said to have been eloquent and sublime.
He, too, was willing to embrace any other effec
tive mode of adjustment.
Mr. Bigler, of Pennsylvania, preferred a divis
ion by a line across the country, because in that
way the question of slavery coiild be taken out of
Congress and separated entirely from the popu
lar elections in the North, without which we never
could have uermauent peace.
Messrs. AV ade, Doolittle, Collamer and Grimes
opposed the proposition with much earaestness
and ability. They maintained that the people in
the late election decided the question of slavery
in the Territories, and, therefore, they had no con
cessions to make or offer. They manifested great
unwillingness to act in the absence of Mr. Seward,
but as they could give no assurauce of his imme
diate return the committee declined to defer ac
tion on account of his absence.
Messrs. Davis, Toombs and Hunter discussed
the present unhappy condition of the country with
unsurpassed ability, and wffiilst manifesting wil
lingness to accept any measure of final settlement
which would seeure their just rights in the Union,
insisted that propositions must come from the
dominant party, the republicans.
The vote on Mr. Crittenden’s proposition was as
follows;
For the proposition —Messrs. Bigler, Crittenden,
Douglas, Rice and Powell—s.
Against it—Messas. Davis, Doolittle, Collamer,
Wade, Toombs, Grimes and Hunter— 7.
Messrs. Hunter, Toombs and Davis, neverthe
less, intimated an inclination to go for it if the
republicans would propose it in good faith.
Theseoond proposition submitted by Mr. Crit
tenden, denying the right of Congress to abolish
slavery in the dockyards aud arsenals, was voted
against by Messrs. Collamer, Doolittle, Grimes
a:.d Wade. Tue remainder of the committee vo
ted for the proposition, but as it had not a major
ity of the Republicans, it was defeated under the
rules adopted by the committee, that no proposi
tion should be considered adopted el J recom
mended to the Senate which did not receive a ma
jority of the Republican votes, and also a majority
of those opposed to the Republicans.
The third clause, denying to Congress the right
to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, was
defeated by dbe same vote, the Republicans all
voting against it, and the remainder of the com
mittee for it.
The fourth clause, establishing the right af tran
sit, was defeated by the same vote.
The fifth, which is intended to perfect the Fu
gitive Slave Law, by requiring the several States
to pay for fugitives who might be rescued from
the officers 01 the law, was lost by the same vote,
the Republicans all voting in the negative.
Many other propositions were offered and voted
upon, but none of leading importance—none that
would meet the great exigeuciea of the times.
Mr. Davis submitted a resolution expressly re
cognizing property in slaves, but no rote was ta
ken on it.
Mr. Toombs submitted a series ot resolutions,
embracing substantially the principles of the j
Breckinridge platform,’ but final action was not
taken on them.
The committee adjourned to meet at ten on
Monday morning.
North Carolina.— The North Carolina Legis
lature has recommended -that a State Convention
be held on the 18th of February, and a bill has
also been introduced, providing that—
“No ordinance of said Convention, dissolving
the connection of the State of North Carolina with
the Federal Government, or connnecting it with
any otner, 9hall have any force or validity, until
it t'.all fiats been submitted to, and ratified by ama
jority of the qualified votes of the State for mem
bers ot* the General Assembly, to w hom it shall be
submitted for their approval or rejection.”
Reported Capture op a Slaver.—lt is report
ed that the war steamer Mohican <six guns; has
captured another slaver on the coast of Africa,
having on board 900 negroes.
Revival of Business in Memphis.—The Mem
phis Emjqirer, of tbe 21st, reports an increased
activity in the general business of that city.
Wliat Divides tne Southern People ?
They are cot divided ! There really is no great
principle involved in the apparent divisions among
them. A question of time is all there is between
them, and even that is nearly obliterated by con- j
cessions.
One party, at first advocating immediate seces
sion—precipitate action—have so far yielded, that j
that they are now willing to wait till the fourth ol
March uext.
\ The other party, opposed to immediate action, j
: desire that secession should take place on that
! date or before , or as soon after as may be consis- :
| tent with our safety, our honor, our interest and j
i that of other States as deeply interested as our
i selves in the fate of the South. They desire that
I no particular date should be assigned for secession,
| regardless of circumstances and events.
There is the whole difference as to time among
us. Is this sufficient cause for all the bitterness
and strife which characterizes the discussion?
The party last spoken of have had, it is true, a
desire that the difficulties which have convulsed
the nation should be settled in the Union if pos
sible. The prospect for such a settlement grows
daily more distant, and many of the most ardent
national men are sorrowfully acknowledging that I
their hopes are growing more dim. That point j
of difference between parties has almost .vanished. !
As to waiting for the co-operation of other |
Southern States, we are glad to sec that even !
South Carolina, tnough she did not wait, yet desires j
and advocates it. Her address to the people of
the Southern States closes as follows :
Citizens of the slaveholdiug States of the Uni- !
ted States! Circumstances beyond our control j
have placed us in the van of the great coutrover- !
sy between the Northern and Southern States, j
We would have preferred that other States should
have assumed the position we now occupy. In
dependent ourselves, we discin'nt anv design or
desire, to lead the counsels of the other Southern
States. Providence has cast our lot together, by
extending over us an indent! ty of pursuits, in
terests and institutions. South Carolina desire no
destiny, separated from yours. To b<* one of a
greut Slaveholdiug Con !e'de racy, stretching its
arms over a territory larger than any power in
Europe possesses—with a population four times
greater than that of the whole United States when
they achieved their independence of the British
Empire—with productions which make our ex
istence more important to the world than that of
any other people inhabiting it—with common in
stitutions to defend, and common dangers to en
counter—we ask your sympathy and confedera
tion.
Whilst constituting a portion of the United
States, it has been your statesmanship which lias j
guided it in its mighty strides to power and ex- j
pansion. lu the field, as in the cabinet, you have i
led the way to its renown and grandeur. You
have loved the Union, in whose service your great
statesmen have labored, and your great soldiers
have fought and conquered-—not for the material
benefits it conferred, but with the faith of a gen
erous and devoted chivalry. You have long lin
gered and hoped ovet the shattered remains of a
broken Constitution. Compromise after compro
mise, formed by your concessions, has been tram
pled underfoot by your Northern confederates.—
All fraternity of feeliug between the North and
the South is lost, or has been converted into hate,
and we, of the South, are at last driven together
by the stern destiny which control the existence
of nations.
Your bitter experience, of the faithlessness and
rapacity of your Northern confederates, may have
been necessary to evolve those great principles of
free government upon which the liberties of the
world depend,*and to prepare for the grand
mission of vindicating and re-establishing them.
We rejoice that other nations should be satisfied
with their institutions. Contentment is a great
element of happiness, with nations as with indi
viduals. We are satisfied with ours. If they
prefer a system of industry, in which capital and
labor are in perpetual conflict—and chronic star
vation keeps down the natural increase of popula
tion—and a man is worked out in eight years —
and the law ordains that children shall be worked
only ten hours a day —and the sabre aud bayonet
are the instruments of order—be it so. It is their
affair, not ours.
We prefer, however, our system of industry, by
which labor and capital, are indentified in inter
est, aud capital, therefore, protects labor—by
which our population doubles every twenty years
—by which starvation is unknown, and abundance
crowns the lands —by which order is preserved
by'an unpaid police, and the many fertile regions
of the world, where the Caucassian cannot labor,
are brought into usefulness by the labor of the
African, and the whole world is blessed by our
productions. All we demand ot other people is,
to he let alone, to work out our own high distines.
United together, and we must be the most inde
pendent, as we are among the most important of
the nations of the world. United together, and
we require no other instrument to conquer peace,
than our beneficent productions. United togeth
er, and we must be a great, free and prosperous
people, whoso renown must spread throughout
the civilized world, and pass down, we trust, to
the remotest ages. We ask you to join us, in
forming a Confederacy of Slaveholding States.
Eclectic Magazine.— The January issue of this
excellent periodical commences anew volume.
It has a most interesting and varied table of con
tents. Two mezzotint engravings, done in Sar
tain’s happiest manner, l ender it doubly valuable
and attractive. One is “King llenri VIII. and
Anne Boleyn,” the other “The Divorce of the
Empress Josephine” —two historic pictures of
celebrated scenes. The Eclectic is bound to suc
ceed. George A. Oates has it for sale.
Rev. J. 11. Ingraham, the author of the “Pillar
Fire,” and numerous other works, who was in
jured by the accidental discharge of a pistol, a
few weeks since, died at Holly Springs, Miss., on
Tuesday last, the 18th inst.
Col. K i’dler Pardoned. —A dispatch from New
Orleans, dated the 21st, says that intelligence has
been received there that the Government of Hon
duras has pardoned Col. lludlrr. -
Tue Crash in New York.—A despatch from
New dated Dec. 24, says : There have been large
failures of Spanish Sugar houses in this city, in
cluding that of Mora A Navarro. One large dry
goods houso has also failed. Stocks have gone
down lower to-day. Cotton is firm.
Death of Hon. 11. M. Fuller. —Hon. Henry M.
Fuller, ex-member of Congress from theHonesdale
district, died in Philadelphia on Tuesday, of ty
phoid fever. He was the defeated candidate in
the 2nd district last October.
A flairs at Forts Moultrie, Sumter aud
i awile PlnckiK-y.
Our reporter visited the fslaud yesterday, and
found matters at Fort Moultrie progressing quietly
and satisfactorily.
The rubbish left by the Federal troops is being
cleaned away, and the fortress assuming a defensi
ble aspect. Many apprehended difficulties, of a na
ture we ueed not name, have been removed ; aud
the Volunteer Companies constituting the garrison
are making merry over tbo hardships of the sol
dier. Some of the guns are, it is supposed, badly
injured by the burning ol the carriages. Activity
prevails at the garrson, and its vigilant officers
are determined on the.course that guides their
aotion.
Fort Sumter, as viewed at a distance, presents
au appearance of lively activity. Schooners and
barges were plying between the fort and the chan
nel during tho day. Everything seems to indicate
active preparation.
Castle Pinckney was reinforced in the afternoon
by u detachment oMbe Marion ‘Artillery from
Fort Moultrie, under the command of Captain
King. A detachment of the Washington Light
Infantry wa# transferred from the former to ihe
latter place in the forenoon, thus retaining at Fort
Moultrie the same force as first occupied it.
The garrison ut Castle Pinckney consists of
about two hundred men. Ten twenty-four pound
cannon are mounted on the ramparts, besides
some fifteen pieces—a few of which are casema
ted—in the lower tier. The work is well provided
with munitions of all kinds, and under the com
mand of its field officers, Col. Pettigrew ami Afaj.
Ellison Capers, will make itself felt, if need be,
when the time comes. It is far from being the in
significant position of which it has the reputation.
Although a defective construction has impaired
the power of the lower batteries to a considerable
extent, it has an elective tier of rampart guns,
which, from its eligible position, are capable of
much service. It is beyond the reach of the hu -
gest guns of Fort Sumter, and commands the en
tire line of wharves and shipping along Cooper
River, and in the hands of an enemy would be
capable of doing vast injury to the city.—Charles
ton Courier , 29 th,
From \V nulling ton.
Washington, Dec. 26.—The report that the
Military Committee of the Senate had under con
sideration the Pittsburg affair, is incorrect; but
the Cabinet being in session it was discussed by
them. It is universally conceded that if the Gov
ernment insists upon the shipment of arms from
Pittsburgh, it must also reinforce the Southern
forts, and enforce the laws there. The Adminis
tration is in great tribulation about it. Efforts
will be made, by influential persons sent from
Washington, to induce the people to desist, and
allow the arms to be shipped.
Mr. Cass was on the Avenue this afternoon. He
reiterated to a prominent Republican representa
tive his indignation at the course of President
Buchanan in not reinforcing the forts. He says
his public life is closed.
I saw a letter from one of the soldiers at Fort
Sumter to his mo'ther to-day. He savs the fort is
in excellent condition for defence, full of ammuni
tion and arms, and with a few more men, could
defy any enemy that could approach it. He r-ays
all hands expect a conflict, and feel greatly alarm
ed at tho prospect, because their numbers are so
small. They hope the Government will do some*
aid them—if not, they will defend the
fort to the beßt of their ability. The closing* words
are quite touching and solemn.
The Republican members of the House Com
mittee of Thirty-three, caucussed to day, and
agreed to Enabling Act for New Mexico—the sec
ond section of which recognizes slavery, if the
people desire it. They had previously agreed to
Enabling Acts for several Territories, which must
be free.
In the Republican caucus to-dav, three Repub
licans voted agaiust the New Mexico Enabling
Act, but it was agreed to report it to-morrow.
In the Committee of Thirty-three, Adams, of
Massachusetts, offered the proposition respecting.
New Mexico, and will report the same to the Com
mittee himself. ComiDg from the most radical
man from the North this is regarded as a back
down. Kellogg, of Illinois, asked if they were to
concede so much of the Republican platform, why
not give up everything demanded respecting the
Territories—especially as the system of slavery in i
New Mexico was the worst of any on the Conti- i
nent. Kellogg of Illinois, Tappau of New Hamp- !
shire, and Washburn of Wisconsin, voted against
it. The District Judge of New Mexico appeared
before the Committee at the last meeting, and
stated that the Territory had seven hundred and
fifty white native citizens, two thousand Mexi
can citizens under the Gaudaloupe-Hidalgo Trea
ty, three thousand Mexican aliens, forty-four
thousand peons, and forty-four thousand Indians,
about half civilized ; total, about ninety thousand.
There are fifty slaves only, mostly servants of
army and Federal officers. —Sew York Times.
Li.vcolston, Dec. 21, 1860.
Editor Chron. & Sent. —Dear Sir : In your
weekly paper of the 19th inst., I am set down in
the column of candidates for the Convention as
being for “immediate secession/’ Ido not know
upon what authority this publication is made. The
error may oe typographical. Upon whatever au
thority it may have been done, the truth requires
me to'say, it is a false representation of my posi
tion. My views are correctly defined in the reso
lutions of tho meeting held at Lincoln ton on the
13th inst., which placed me iu nomination for the
Convention. These resolutions were directed to
be printed in vour paper ; and I hope it will yet
be done. To these I refer you for a true exposi
tion of my views in the present crisis of our na
tional affairs. If to be in favor of “a firm, digni
fied, and manful resistance,” and of “indemnity
for the past and security for the future by the 4th
of March next,” make “me for “immediate seces
sion,” then only may I plead guilty of the charge.
Such a position is opposed to every public or pri
vate sentiment I have ever uttered on the sub
ject. I hope you will do me the justice to publish
this note in vour next weekly, that the error may
be corrected before the electiou.
Yours truly, Ac. C. R. Strother.
A Monarchy.
We regret to see the idea gaining ground that
the only hope for order and good government, in
case of a dissolution of the Union, will be in a
return to monarchical’ institutions. It is evident
that the destruction of the Union would do much
to convince the world that republican institutions
are impracticable, and that man's experiment cf
self-government has failed, not to be renewed
| tor all time to come, but our people, bred iu de
j testation of the very name of royalty, will not
submit to retrograde nearly a century, without a
: struggle. It may happen that for the preserva
tion ot our rights* of person and property, we may
J have to choose between a military despotism like
that of France, oi a limited monarchy like that of
j England, but we hope that the moderation and
j good sense of our people will obviate the necessi
ty for the choice. \\ e therefore regret to see such
councils as the following, from an eminent states
man of Kentucky, promulgated in the Louisville
Journal:
1 confess I can see no well grounded hope of
maintaining the Union under our Constitution,
alter reading the message, and taking that in
connection with the vitiated condition of the
Southern mind.
The next step in mv judgment that should be
taken, and taken promptly, as the only one to
ward off a reign of terror, anarchy, and finally an
iron despotism, would be for the Southern States
or the seceding Southern to throw down
State constitutions aud obliterate State linos, aud
to form a limited monarchy. That would check
up now the downward progress and secure civil
liberty for a long time. But the people in the
licentiousness of their liberty would -not listen to
such a proposal with composure, and I can see no
termination of the present troubles but an iron
despotism, after ail imaginable ills, through
which we will have to pass to reach even that
harbor of safety.
No Navy.
It is continually thrown in our teeth by the North
ern Press in their arguments against a Southern
Confederacy, that the South has no navy—not a j
sailor or a ship-of-war. Granted, but has the
North any? The navy belongs as much to the
South as the North—neither can c aim for it ex
clusive ownership, and it is partly to retain our
share in it, as well as in other public property,
that we desire the co-operation of the whole South
—the formation of a Confederacy that could have
the power to demand aud obtain that justice in
the division of the assets of the defunct Union
which would most certainly not be granted to a
single State setting up tor herself.
Tiir. Secession Convention at Charleston have
passed an Ordinance mak.ng the Constitution of
the United States the basis of any Constitution
that may be adopted bv the Southern Confedera
cy. Whed the most ultra secessionists are con
tent with the present Constitution, and no other
party demands anything but its strict construc
tion and enforcement, it is useless for any man or
set of men to attempt to assuage the present com
motion bv amendments to that instrument. No
body asks for them - nobody will be satisfied with
them, and the politicians who propose them may
as well save their breath for a more promising
Buncombe.
Dispatehes dc,
We may expect, until our election is over, a
bountiful supply of telegraphic dispatches from
Washington aud sensation news from other quar
ters. Tho action of Georgia is looked upon with
more interest than that of any other Southern
State, she has been conservative—she has always
lived up to her motto —“Wisdom, Justice and
Moderation”— and the greatest efforts will be made
to turn her from her ancient and steady path.
Let the voters of Georgia place but little reliance
upon news, busily disseminated on tho eve of
election.
[communicated.]
Bill odes' 1 Supcr-PhoKpliate.
Mr. Editor: —We annex the very flattering re
port on “ Rhodes’ Standard Manure,” made by
the Committee on Chemicals to the first Annual
Fair of the Cotton Planters* Convention, which
has just closed their Exhibition at Macon.
We also have pleasure in announcing that
Messrs. B. M. Rhodes A Cos., with the view of ac
commodating Planters who may not sell their
cotton iu season to procure their Manures, have
instructed us to deliver RHODES’ MANURE o
Planters, and take orders or drafts on their fac
tors, payable when the cotton is sold, or to pur
chase the cotton outright , at the highest market
price, for their account.
We hope Planters will avail themselves ot’ this
arrangement, and inform us at once of the extent
of their wants, that we may direct shipments.
There, perhaps, was never a period wheu the im
portance of large crops of Corn aud Cotton was
more manifest, aud at the same time, the urgent
necessity for keeping every industrial interest of
the country fully employed.
Very respectfully,
J. A. Ansley iV Cos.
Report of Committee on Chemicals.on /Codes’ Su
per- Phosphate % to the First Annual Fair of the
Cotton rlantivs’ Convention , held in the dig of
Macon] Oa. y December , 1860.
The Committee beg leave to report that having
examined the mechanical condition of *the parcels
on exhibition from the stock of Messrs. J. A. Aus
ley A Cos., of Augusta, and Messrs. Patton A Mil
lers, of Savannah, which they find unexceptiona
ble, and from the thorough chemical nualysis by
Professor Joseph Jones, Chemist of thq Conven
tion, who extends his endorsement, w<j have no
hesitation in recommending Rhodes’ Stfper-Phos
pbate to our planters as a “standard {manure,”
and to the Convention as everyway wi-rthy of a
premium. Signed,
Gkoroe Paynr, Chairman,
Wm. S. Ellis,
Southern Cultivator.
We have oiyour table the December number of
an old and very dear friend and visitor, the
/Southern Cultivator , filled as usual, with tho
choicest original and selected matter. This number
closes the eighteenth volume; and in it we observe
an an noun remen t of a change in the Proprietor
ship. Dr. W. S. Jones, who originated and has
for eighteen years continued the publication, be
ginning under many difficulties and obstacles, all
of which have given way finally for a most cheer
ing success, retires from the Proprietorship, hav
ing sold the paper to Mr. D. Redmond, who has
for many years been its cnief Editor, and to whom,
inure than to any other individual, are its present
high character and deserved reputation attribut
able. ’
Mr. Redmond, the new Proprietor, will continue
his editorial supervision, assisted by that eminent
Literary and Agricultural gentleman, Rev.
Charles Wallace Howard, of Cass. We tender
our best wishes for continued prosperity, health
and happiness, to both the retiring and the in- *
coming Publisher, and we wish the Cultivator all
the success, which it shall deserve--and we fee.
assured that will be all that heart can desire ;
The Cultivator was the pioneer South of Agricul
tural papers, it has opened up a field which has
since become occupied by many laborers; bu
still, thorough all time’s changes, it keeps the
lead, and we feel well assured that “neither
heighth, nor depth, nor principalities, nor powers,
nor any other creature” can separate its many
friends from their first love. Aided, as Mr. Red
mond will be, by Mr. How ard and by a host of
practical farmers and planters, as contributors,’
throughout all the Cotton States the Cultivator's
motto may well be “Excelsior,” and its course
onward and upward, devoted entirely, as it has
been and will be, to that great interest , on which
all others depend, the culture of Southern soil.
The nineteenth volume commences with the Janu
ary number, which will soon be issued. Price as
heretofore, only one dollar, and every number is
richly worth.the money. Address D. Redmond,
Augusta, Georgia.
FORT MOULTRIE EVACUATED.
Charleston, Dec. 27. —Fort Moultrie was evac
uated last night; the guns were spiked, and the
interior of the fort is now being demolished and
destroyed by fire. Only four soldiers have been
left in charge. The troops have been all convey
ed to Fort Sumter. Intense excitement has been
created in consequence.
The Convention is now in secret session.
SECOND DISPATCH.
The latest intelligence from Foil Moultrie is
that only the gun carriages are on fire. The
cannons have been spiked, and it is reported that
a train has been laid to blow up the fort. This,
however, is doubted. The excitement and indig-
I nation m the city is increasing.
THIRD DISPATCH.
Charleston, Dec. 27, Y>y, o’clock, P. M.—The
latest intelligence from the Fort i.< that Major An
derson states that be evacuated Fort Moultrie in
order to allay discussion about that post, and at
the same time to strengthen his own position.
(fourth dispatch.)
Charleston, Dec. 27.—Capt. Foster, with a
small force, remained at Fort Moultrie. Several
of the military companies have been ordered out
and a collision is not improbable.
(fifth dispatch.)
The military were ordered out to protect the
magazines and arsenals in this locality.
It is currently reported that military corps from
the interior are en route here.
Charleston, Dec. 28.—The Palmetto flag was
raised early yesterday afternoon over the Custom
House and Post Office. At five in the afternoon
| the Palmetto flag was raised at Castle Pinckney,
i A large military force went over last night to take
; Fort Moultrie. The bail has opened —ckaseez
round.
[second dispatch.]
Charleston, Dec. 28.-—Fort Moultrie and Castle
Pinckney were taken by Carolina last night at 8
o’clock.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Raleigh, Dec. 28. —The members of the Legis
lature have all gone home. Meetings have been
held in various counties. The Uijion sentiment
prevails here but hope is well nigh gone.
WESTJPOINT CADET REGULATIONS.
Washington, Dec. 25.—Cadets Ball and Kelly,
of Alabama, cadets in the West Point Military
Academy, have resigned, arid their resignations
have been accepted.
KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE.
• Frankfort, Dec. 28.—The Governor of Ken
tucky called an extra session of the Legislature,
to meet on the 17th January next.
LATER FROM MEXICO.
New Orleans; Dec. 27.—The latest advices
from Mexico state that Lerds Delegada was the
favorite candidate for President, aud Hearn bora
for Governor.
The reception of the secession news from the
United .States at Vera Cruz caused an excitement
amongst the naval officers there.
ELECTION IN MOBILE.
Mobile, Dec. 24. —The secession ticket was
elected here to-day by one thousand majority.
TIIIRTY-SIXTM CONGRESS~2d Sea’fi.
IN SENATE ~ ..Dec. 19.
Mr. Toombs appeared in his seat.
The bill to carry into effect certain treaty stipu
lations with Mexico was taken up, but before it
was disposed of the regular order was resumed—
being the resolutions ot Mr. Johnson, ol Tennes
see, for amending the Constitution.
Mr. Pugh obtained the floor, when the Senate
adjourned at 5.30 P. M.
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, offered a joint reso
lution that when the two Houses of Congress ad
journ to-morrow, they adjourn to meet on Mon
day, January 7th.
Mr. Etheridge, of Tennessee, moved to lay the
resolution on the table, upon which the yeas and
nays were ordered, and resulted, yens 77, nays 74.
So the resolution was laid on the table.
Mr. Edmuudsou, of Virginia, presented a se
ries of resolutions, which, without being read,
were referred to the Committee of Thirty-three.
On motion of Air. Sherman. Mie Hou: e resolved
itself into Committee of the Whole upon the bill
making appropriations for deficiencies in the ap
propriation of the fiscal year endfng 30th June,
IS6I, Mr. Bocock iu the Chair. The bill was read
by sections.
Mr. Sherman offered an amendment placing
$900,000 at the disposal of the President to supply ;
deficiencies in the appropriation for suppressing
the African slave trade.
Air. Reagan, of Texas, offered an amendment
providing that no money should be appropriated
lor the support of negroes captured on board of
slavers not bound to ports of the United ‘States,
lie was opposed to the African slave trade, but
objected to the policy sought now to be pursued.
Air. Clemens, of Virginia, thought the construc
tion of the act of 1819 should be settled uow. The
contract made by the President for the support of
Africans was in violation of law’.
Mr. John Cochrane did not rise to discuss the
question its philanthropic or humantarian
bearings. Expenses incurred upon the faith of
the Government should be paid. The question
was not w hether the law of lust year was in ac
cordance with the act of 1819 or not. When the
law required that helpless human beings in the
possession ot life should be received by the Gov
ernment, the inference was that the Government
should conserve that life, and had power so to do.
i Air. Clemens asked where the power was given
in the Constitution ?
Air. Cochrane said the higher law the law’of
humanity— i*ave the power. When the law’ di
rected the Executive tchtake human life under his
control, the letter and spirit of the law required
that lie should epnserve that life. That was the
construction put on the law ot 1819 last year. Air.
Cochiane further deprecated the suggestion of
the apprenticeship system. Tho future of the
negro race was a dread question, which might
find its solution iu blood. He was opposed to
mingling these barbarians with the civilized ne
groes upon this continent. Ho apprehended a war
ot races, and an “irrepressible conflict” whenever
the aspirations of the colored man made him de
sire the superior position of the white race.
Messrs. Bingham, of Ohio, and Kunkle, of Ma
ryland, severally expressed their views. The
latter thought we should devote ourselves solely
to the protection of our own coasts against the J
introduction of Africans. He opposed the views
of the gentleman from New York (Mr. Cochrane,) |
in respect to the apprenticeship system.
After some further desultory debate, Air. Rea- I
gun’s amendment was rejected, aud the Commit
tee rose and reported the bill to the House.
The amendments appropriating $187,000 for
the deficiencies of printing, ami $15,000 for th *
Custom House at St. Louis, were adopted without,
division.
The amendment of Air. Burnelt was rejected by
veas 67, nays 100, and the appropriation of $900,-
000 for the suppression of the slave trade was
then adopted, and the bill finally passed by yeas
110, nays GO.
Air. Florence, of Pennsylvania, offered a resolu
tion that, with the consent f the Senate, when
the House adjourn to-morrow it adjourn to meet
on Monday, January 7th. * This, he said, would
enable the Committee of Thirty-throe to sit during
the interim.
Mr. Hughes, of Maryland, thought it better to
adjourn over, in order that during this great crisis
Representatives might have the opportunity of
consulting their constituents.
The vote was then taken by yeas and nays, and
resulted yeas 82, nays 94. So the resolution was
rejected.
Pending a motion by Air. Burnett, of Kentucky,
lo reconsider, the House adjourned.
IN SENATE Dec. 20.
Air. Hunter, from the Committee on Finance,
reported back the Tariff bill, and recommended
that it be postponed until the 4th of March next.
Ordered to lie on the table.
Air. Clark desired to take up his resolution catt
ing for information regarding Fort Moultrie.
Mr. Lane desired to offer the substitute for
them tendered by him a few days since.
Air. Saulsbiiry did not desire to have either the
resolutions of the Senator from Oregon, or those
of the .Senator from New Hampshire, taken up, as
they tend to irritate and endanger the peace of
the country.
Air. Clark thought it best that the country
should know facts, und not be agitated us it is
now from mere suspicion.
Air. Trumbull thought that the resolutions call
ed simply for information from the President, if
not incompatible with tho public interest. It was
usital to call for such information by the Senate,
and he saw nothing in it objectionable.
Air. Hunter hoped that all of these exciting sub
jects would be postponed until it could be demon
strated if any concession or compromise could be
made. These resolutions involved the question
of coercion, in which fifteen States of the Union
felt so deep an interest. lie hoped that the reso
lutions would not be taken up.
Mr. Mason said that Congress would soon deal
with subjects so practical m their nature that they
would relate to the very question contained iu
these resolutions. No one enteitained a doubt
but that the question would be presented in a
practical form, aud if brought up now it would
only lead to inflaming the public mind, and to
produce an angry feeling. He knew, unofficial
ly, of the condition of the forts, and the Senate
doubtless know them.
Air. (-lark disclaimed any idea to keen up an an
gry feeling. He had seen many rumors regard
ing the condition of these forts, but he desired to
have some informuti m which he could rely on.
lie desired to know if these forts were sufficiently
protected. There wu§ no harm in ascertaining
that. He thought that the resolutions were more
of a peaceful than a hostile character.
Air. Davis opposed the adoption of the resolu
tions, and thought that the Executive was solely
responsible for the state of the forts, and that it
was impracticable in this particular case, where
delicate rights were concerned, to make these in
quiries.
.Mr. Clark desired to vote on ti e resolutions.
\IJc wanted them adopted or rejected. The Presi
dent, need not send anything in reply to tho reso
lutions, if incompatible with the public interest.
Mr. Trumbull said that somethmghad been said
about coercing a State in this debate. Now he
had never heard of any one in the Senate, or in
this country, who believed in coercing u State.
No one believed in any power of the United States
to declare war against, a State ; but the Federal
Government could enforce its laws, for its officers
Avere sworn to see that they were faithfully exe
cuted.
Before u vote was taken on taking up the reso
lutions—
Mr. Slidell said that he had received no satis
factory explanation of the despatch sent by the
Associated Press, misrepresenting him, although
the Agent at Washington had written him a note
stating that he never sent it. Other agents, how
ever, were guilty, and he therefore offered a reso
lution requesting the Vice President to expel any
reporter who reported the proceedings in whole
or in part of the Associated Press. Ho asked
that it might lie on the table for three or four
days.
Mr. Trumbull said that lie held id his hand a
letler from the Washington agent of the Associa
ted Press, stating that he never sent the despatch
alluded to, nor had any knowledge of it.
Air. Slidell—He gave the same information.
The special hour here arrived, and the resolu
tions of Mr. Clark were luid over informally.
Those of Air. Johnson, for amending the Consti
tution, were taken up, and Mr. Pugh addressed
the Senate.
Air. Nicholson moved to postpone the resolu
tions, which was agreed to.
Air. Cameron moved that the Senate adjourn to
Monday next, and that it meet every three duys
during the ensuing week.
Mr. Doolittle was opposed to thus evading the
Constitution to obtain sC recess. He was in favor
of a joint resolution for adjourning over.
Air. Douglas said be saw hope for the country,
and he trusted the .Senate would continue in ses
sion and maintain the Constitution aud endeavor
to preserve the Union.
Mr. Maspn thought the Senate might as well
take the recess. Congress could not save the
Union, for that question rested with the people ot
the States—they alone could settle it.
Air. Powell hoped that no recess would he ta
ken.
The Vice President here arose and said that
before the adjournment he desired to name the
Committee of Thirteen. Jt would be observed
that there were in one Instance two Senators from
one State. This, he thought, was unavoidable, as
the .Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Powell,) was by
courtesy the Chairman, and he felt it due to the
senior Senator from that State (Mr. Crittenden,)
to place him also on the Committee.
The Committee whs named as follow's :--From
Kentucky, Air. Powell and Air. Crittenden ; from
Virginia, Air. Hunter; from Illinois, Mr. Douglas;
from Alississippi, Mr. Davis; from New York, Air.
Seward ; from Vermont, Mr. Collamer; from
Pennsylvania, Air. Bigler; from Georgia, Mr.
Toombs; from Ohio, Mr. Wade; from Wisconsin,
Air. Doolittle ; from Alinnesota, Air. Rice; from
lowa, M r. Grimes.
Air. Davis said that he desired to be excused |
from serving on the Committee. He had no expla- I
nation to make.
The motion to excuse him was put and agreed
to, there being but three or four dissenting voices
on the Democratic side.
The motion for a recess was not taken.
HOUSE.
Mr. Curtis, of lowa, called for the regular order
of business.
Mr. Delano asked leave to offer the following
resolution : +
That Whereas, By the report of the President
iu the South Carolina State Convention held on
the 19th inst., the Hon. William Porcher Miles is
said to have stated to this House, “If you send a
solitary soldier to those forts, the instant the in
telligence reaches our people (we will take care
that it does reach us before it can reach the forts;
they will be taken, because such a course is ne
cessary to our “safety and self-preservation.—
Therefore,
Resolved, That the President of the United
States be requested to communicate to this House
what information he has received, either oral or in
writing, on this subject; and whether the forts of
the harbor of Charleston, if further reinforced,
will be taken by any force, authority or supre
macy.
Mr. Ashmore wanted to know where the infor
mation carne from ?
Mr. Maynard objected to the consideration of
the resolution.
The Speaker said it was not in order.
The bill granting alternate sections of laud to
Nebraska for railroad purposes, to which Mr.
Curtis had moved the Pacific Railroad bill as au
amendment, was taken up.
Mr. Branch, of North Carolina, raised several
points of order, that the bill could not be nrw
considered in Committee, which were discussed
by Messrs. Branch, Sickles and others.
Mr. Garnett, of Virginia, said this Pacific Rail
road had been used as a mere Presidential scheme
It was unconstitutional, and bis State would not
be responsible for her propoftion of the expense
involved. He had just received a despatch from
Charleston, announcing that one State had passed
an ordinance of secession, and if such unconstitu
tional legislation was to prevail* irginia would
soon follow her example. [Slight applause on
the floor.] He charged the Republicans with
seeking to plunder the Treasury while the Gov
ernment was in the throes of dissolution.
Mr. Phelps, of Missouri, offered an amendment
allowing the contractors to select the route. Re
jected.
Mr. Smith, of Virginia, said in the history of
the Government never had such a case as this oc
curred.
The Committee then rose and reported. The
bill was reported to the House.
Various motions were made to adjourn, which
were voted down, and under operation of the
previous question, the bill was put on its passage
and was passed by yeas 95, and nays 74.
A resolution to adjourn over to the 31st inst.,
was lost, and the House then adjourned till Mon
day.
IN SENATE.... Dec. 21.
The Vice President laid before the Senate the
report of the Comptroller of the Treasury for the
fiscal year ending the 30th June, 1860. Laid on
the table.
The Pacific Railroad bill was recoited from the
House, and after a refusal to refer it to a special
committee, was postponed till the first V/ednesdsv
in January. ‘
Mr. Powell moved that the Vice President >■„
requested to fill the vacancy on the Committee of
Thirteen occasioned bv the resignation of Mr Da
vis, which was agreed to.
The bill to carry into effect certain treaty stipu- I
ir.t ions with Mexico, was taken up and postponed
The special order, a bill to authorise the lialti
more and Ohio Railroad Company to extend the
Washington-branch of their road to the Potomac
river, and across the seme, bv mi extension of the
present structure known as the Long bridge, for
tile purpose of connecting with the Virginia rail
road at that poiut, was taken up.
The bill was then passed—yeas 35, nays 15.
. * ulee moved to reconsider the \tpte excus
ingMr. Davis from serving on the Committee ol
rUirtecu, tatceu yesterday.
Tlie Senate voted and found itself without a
quorum.
. some informal debate, two Senators came
in ami made a quorum.
■J , r \V° o v- !t , le ln< l u * r ed of the Senator from Flo
■ e ) ,f the Senator from Mississippi
wou ! d • se, ' rei ’ ,lie motion to recon
side! was agreed to.
, J ulee ®?'d it would be time to consider that
m< ! ,lr JH was agreed to. The Trier d< of
the Senator had urged him to remain on the V on-’
mittee, owing to the interest which his State had
in the considerations to he brought before the ’
Committee.
The motion uns then put, only five
Senators voting for it together with alt of the j
Democrats present. [Tire yeas aud nays were not <
taken, j J
Air. Davis (hen rose aud said : ‘ J
It was not any matter of personal feeling that 1
asked to be excused yesterday ; for if I know my
self, it was no public duty from which 1 could
shrink. But my opinion was that the State of
Mississippi, having taken the subject iu her own
hand, I could not expect to work advauiageouslv i
with tho Committee. Neither could I under such
circumstances outer upon the labor as willingly
as I trust I have ever done upon all public ad
vice. But if in the opinion of others it is
ble to accomplish any good, then to the last
went that 1 stand here I am at the command
the Senate.
If 1 could sec any means by which 1 could avert ■
the catastrophe and avoid the trouble between I
sections,, I would ever bo in readiness. If by any I
sacrifice which 1 could otter upon the altar of my I
country I could allay the evils, present or pros- I
pective, no man would have any right to doubt I
my readiness to make such sacrifice. Therefore, I
when Senators came to me, I told them I had done I
what l deemed to be proper in the case, and not I
from any shriukiugof the performance of duty, I
and still less any personal feeling. Therefore, in I
answer to tho Senator from Florida, I will say 1
that if friends think best I will offer no further ]
opposition. J
‘ihe Senate (hen adjourned to Monday. I
IN 5ENATE....... .T7. Dec. 24. ‘.J
Air. Mallory, of Florida, appeared in his seat J
for the first time (his session. J
Air. Fessenden introduced a bill to grant
and loau (he public credit to anew Pacific Rail-J
road Company. Laid on the table.
I Air. Pugh introduced a resolution
ing the Legislatures of the several States tOfca//
I a National Convention to make amendments to
I tho Constitution, which was referred to the SpW* J
Committee without reading. |
Mr. Bigler introduced some resolutions amend |
ing the Constitution, which were referred without
reading, to the Select Committee. /
Air. Douglas also introduced amendments to tho
Constitution, which were also referred without
reading, to the Select Committee.
Air. Wilson introduced a bill for the more effec
tual prevention of the slave trade. Referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary.
The bdl for the admission of Kausas into the
Union was taken up as the special order, aud af
ter short speeches from Messrs. Doolittle, Nichol
son and others, the bill was postponed until Alon
dav next.
Sir. Davis said that he had some resolutions
which he desired to have printed as amendments
to the Constitution. They wore read, and declare
that property in slaves shall be recognized as
property and not be impaired bv loca* law in anv
State, and shall hold the same Federal and Stale
relations as other property.
The Senate at 3 P. Al. then adjourned uut*l
Thursday.
HOUSE.
The Speaker laid before tbo House (ho follow
ing letter from (ho Charleston members, which
was read by the Clerk:
Washington, Dec. 21, 1 SG<.
Mon. Win. Pennington :
Sir —We'avail ourselves of the earliest oppor
tunity, since the official communication of the in
telligence, of making known to your honorable
body that the people of the State of South Caro-
in their sovereign capacity, have resumed
the powers heretofore delegated by them to tho
Federal Government of the United States, and
have thereby dissolved our connection with the
House of Representatives.
In taking leave of those with whom we have
been associated in a common agency, we, as well
as the people of our Commonwealth, desire to dos •>
with feelings of mutual regard ami respect for the
rights of each other, cherishing the hope that in
our future relations we may better enjoy ihat
peace and harmony essential to the happiness of
i a free aud enlightened people.
John MoQuesn,
Al. L. Bonham,
W. W. Boyck,
J. I). Ashmore.
Laid on the-table and ordered to bo printed.
Mr. Mo.ore, of Kentucky, introduced a bill giv
ing a construction to the Fugitive Slave law of
1723. Referred to the Select Committee of Thirty
three.
Uu motion ot Mr. Sherman, u Select Committee;
uas appointed, consisting of Alessrs. Morris, ot
Illinois, Conkling, Bocock, Harris, of Alary land,
and Case, to inquire into the embezzlement of tho
Indian Trust fund.
Mr. John Cochrane moved a resolution to the
effect—after going over the ground embraced iri
his former resolution :
Devolved , That the Constitution of the United
States, being an agreement between tho sovereign
States for the government of persons individually,
and not collectively of States, any attempt bv the
Federal Government to compel, by force, a sove
reign State to the observance of the Constitutional
compact, would be to levy war upon a substantial
power, and would precipitate a disßolutiop of the
Union.
To this a substitute, ns follows, was offered bv
Air. Haskiu :
Resolved, That the Comarittei on hepr ceding)
be inst ructed to inquire into the relations now ex:
isling between the Federal Government and the
State o f South Carolina, and the duty of the Ex
ecutive Department in view of the attemoted with*
drawal of that State from the United States, anc
the threatened seizure of the Federal property
within the limits of said State. Also, what action
Congress should take in the present emergency,
to execute the Constitution and to enforce the
laws, and to protect such property in South Caro
lina from seizure, aud that tho Committee have
leave to report any time.
Mr. Cockrane objected to the resolution as a
substitute, and said lie would move thesuspeusinn
of the rules, for the purpose of getting a vote up
on his resolution.
Mr. Harris suggested that it would be wise and
proper on the part of the House, before taking
any action of the kind recommended, to allow tin
Committee of Thirty-three to come to some re
sult, it that was possible, and report the same to
the House. At all events, ho would strongly re
commend tho gentleman from New York (Mr,
Cochrane) to withdraw his resolution till Monday
next.
Mr. Cochrane having no confidence in the final
action of the Committee of Thirty-three would
prefer to have a vote taken on his insolation.
Air. Vallandigham said tho resolution did not
propose anything .substantial, and therefore he
hoped Mr. Cochrane woqhl allow the matter to
stand over till Alonday next.
Air. Cochrane finally withdrew his resolution.
On motion of Mr. Crawford tho House adjourn
ed at two o’clock till Thursday next.
IN SENATE ~ Dec. 27.™
The Senate assembled at noon, and, after read
ing the journal and prayer, petitions were called
for and a number presented.
Air. Rice presented a resolution which he asked
should be referred to the Select Committee of
Thirteen. It was so referred without reading.
A bill was reported by'the Committee on Terra
tories to provide Territorial Governments fdfl
Arizona, Ac., which was taken up. ||
Air.. Green explained the character of the bi|Pl
which he said was iu the usual form, and that
there was nothing objectionable in it. It was ne
cessary for the Territorial Government there.
Air. Brown offered an amendment to the bill
providing that th laws of New Mexico shall re
main in force in Arizona so far as they relate to
the protection ol property in slaves.
Mr. Trumbull offered as an amendment to the
amendment a proviso that the laws remaining in
force in New Mexico ut the time it was acquired
relating to property in slaves should he re-enact
ed.
Mr. Doolittle proceeded to address the Senate.
He said that for eighty years the people of the
United States had, by an adherence to two funda
mental principles, lived together in peace. The
first of these was that the people of the free States
and the power of tho General Government should
never interfere with slavery in the States ; and
the second principle was that the people of the
slave States and the power of the General Gov
ernment should never interfere with freedom in
the Territories. The Constitution is the supreme
law of the laud ; and, as nothing could be found
ia it tolerating attacks upon slavery in the Terri
tories, so, on the other hand, nothing could be
found justifying attacks upon freedom in the Teiq
ritories.
He thought it rather late in the day to aliluda
to the much talked of Di ed Scott decision, so f;J
as it related to the question of slavery in the Ter
-1 ritories, but he could not see in this decision, or
in the opinions of any of the Judges of the Su
preme Court, anything upon which could be
passed the right to curry and protect slaves in the
Territories which were acquired from Mexico :
nor was there any declaration in the decision
which justified any one in saying that tho Con
stitution protected slavery iu these Territories.
He said that the Senator from Tennessee (Mr.
Nicholson) had stated that wide-spread apprehen
sions existed through the South, and that this
‘apprehension was founded on their fears of Re
publican principles. In quoting from the Repub j
iicuu platform the Senator, in a speech which lie
knew would go out to his constituents, bad not
quoted that portion in which the Republican party
express their disapprobation of violent intertVi
cnee with slavery in the States, or the invasion
ot any .State. He would say that the Month could
not have peace just so long as they contended
that the Constitution of its own lorco carried
slavery into the Territories and protected it, ari(|
they mloht know it just as well as first.
Mr. Nicholsomaid that he explicitly stated the
position of the Republican party, but conteneed
that the principles of its platform, if carried out,
would soon lead to interferance with and gradual
abolishment of slavery.
Mr. Doolittle said that there was nothing eiftT.
• a Republican principles or its exponents whicln
intimated any abolishment of the institution ol
slavery in the State. The Republican party
maintained that the Constitution neither affirmed
nor denied the existence of slavery. Someone
had published a book stating that the Federal
Constitution freed slaves everywhere, but no tine
believed that. The Republican party did not ad
mit that slavery was carried everywhere by tbe
Constitution. They held no such position as was
held by the extremists of either side. The ex
treme ineu of the South wished to extend slavery
into the territories, and it had been held on the
ether hand that the Constitution, by its ow n force,
prohibited slavery iu this country.
Mr. Doolittle proceeded to say that he could
not see any just cause for a dissolution of the
Union, and argued at length against the right of
secession, stating that Florida, California, Louisi
ana and Texas had been purchased by the Fede
ral Government at the expense of millions, and
yet they could take all of this property and go
out of the Union if tho right of secession was
acknowledged.
Mr. Wigfail stated that the Government had
never complied with all of its requirements in
the purchase of Texas. They had no forts there.
One, however, wus in course of erection there,
and when its armament was to be transferred, an
abolition mob at Pittsburg resisted it. [Slight
applause and hisses.] We intend to go out of
this Union.
Mr. Doolittle—The Senator can go out, but he
would like to have the State remaiu. [Laughter. J
Mr. Wigfail—The State will go too.
Mr. Doolittle proceeded to declare that the Re
publican party were willing to enforce the fugi
tive slave provision Os the Constitution. The
Senator from Virginia had declared that Virginia (
had lost SIOO,OOO by the runaway of slaves. Af
Virginia owned 4,000,000 in slaves, tbe loss yr rt3 * <
one per cent. only.
The disolution of the Union was pravedier by
every aboltionists—that slavery might b< render
ed unsafe in the border States, and thc.tf or th no
longer compelled to surrender fugiti\j g> These
men believed that the utrong arm of the Federal